New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-29
THE BLOODY RAILWAY KNIFE.
MANY CONTRADICTIONS BY A WITNESS.
TO BE WATCHED BY THE PoLICE-A NEW Posi-
TIVE IDENTIFICATION"

TO BE WATCHED BY THE POLICE-A NEW Posi-
TIVE IDENTIFICATION"
The inquest in the Railway murder was resumed
yesterday. William Brunt was the frst witness
Much interest had been aroused in anticipation OF his
testimony In connection with the bloody knife found al
the scene of the murder. After his testimony on Sat
urday had been read to him the witness resumed his
story. He told OF the party at Fronats and the
strange antics OF Keech with HIS club on the night OF
the murder. He told IN rather hesitating way how
on the morning that the murder was discovered keech
and Frouat stood in the yard the OF their house
and acted suspciousy. The next morning he told his
suspicious to Chief Tooke who Brunt says, expressed
belief that he was the right track Brunt denied
having any Ill feelings toward Keech or Fronat.
Coroner Tcrrl here produced the penknife found at
the Of the murder Brunt took 1t and examined
1t with great and circumspecon and then said he
had never seen It before.
Suppose this knife should be denti6ed" said the
Coroner. "Could you tell to whom 1t belonged !"
sYee sir" replied Bunt, and every one present waa
at once aroused. He asked to explain the conflict
OF bis two statements just made and he said:
"1f George Ayres and John Yost will swear to the
identity OF the knife will swear whose it is" The
Coroner was still perpexed and he said he believed
Brunt was trying to put the responsibility OF identity
had asked him questions Brunt finally stated that ii
Ayres, Deca mp or Yost would identify the knife he
would name the man who owned 1t, and then volun-
tecred the statement that he thought the knife De-
longed to man named JAKE" who W vrked for Yost,
and who had been arrested and locked up in the
equity JAIL closing this strange statement by saying
I" II they don't know the knite don't know wh0 1t
belongs ~" The general opinion OF Brunts testimony
regarding the knic is that hs knows whose s but s
afraid to testfy to 1t before some one else does.
Brunt was the stand all the day and told So many
conflicting stories that Foreman Clark said he would
recommend Brunts arrest Brunt In continuing his
testimony said that he did not tell any odicer that he
could name the owner Of the knife All the day OF
tho murder he was at Perth Amboy with Henry
Decker Altar Charles Wright testified Brunt was
recalled aud continued his rambling and conflicting
testimony. He said that it his mind that Jacob
Wnder committed the murder beca John Yost told
Roger Ceiling that Jacob Winder owned the knife.
Yost he said, could got men at the county jail to
identify the knife 1t it belongs to Wnder.
Rasnusscn. a cousin OF Ann Christen oLarsen,
testified that Ann gave birth TO male child in Den
mark In 1871. lie said he had seen the body at the
cemetery vault yeftcrday and II was not that OF his
cousin. Ann wore earrings and the dead girPs ears
not pierced The witness then created sensation
by saying that Count Zoeski had endeayored to in
ducs him TO Identify the dead girl and her effects.
The Connt and his wife had previously testified that
the body that of Ann Larsen Mrs. Space, OF
Dscketown wrote to Mr. kyn1 assng TO Do nSrmeo
be present She sill claims 1t Is that OF her sister
Mary Dorman Brunt was taken into custody last
ss' Wss released % later He Will however be Kept under
police surveillance. statement was made that Fore
mau Clark OF the jury will have Brunt arrested tor
Another case OF positive identification Of the mur-
dered girl In Railway took place yesterday. Robert
Clinton. Of Bridgeton, ia south Jersey hs been claim
ing through the medium Of letters to the authorities
for time that he knew who the dead girl WAS and
yesterday he appeared in town accompanied By his
wife to identity the girl His story is that she is
Swode who with hsr husband stopped at public
house in Bridgeton the Wednesday night before the
murder. The man could speak English only slightly
and the woman not ut all The hurband was cross to
his ~ife and Clinton says he told him that 1t was be-
cause the persisted In desiring to go back to
Sweden and that the further said uness she be-
came reconciled to staying here he would cut her
throat and thus put stop to her complaining and Ill
temper. Clinton described the bag and rings on her
fingers accurately. Clinton and his wife are both
anxious to appear as witnesses before the Coroners
inquest Coroner Terrll however nclines TO the be-
lei that they looking Tor tho reward offered tor
identifying the body.